Lewis wants Fury to be 'heavier' in Usyk rematch

Lennox Lewis thinks Tyson Fury volition person to "to bash a batch more" to bushed Oleksandr Usyk successful their heavyweight rematch connected 21 December.

Fury, 36, volition beryllium seeking revenge against unified champion Usyk having mislaid their first brushwood successful May by divided decision.

Lewis, a erstwhile undisputed heavyweight champion, is backing Fury to bushed his rival if helium learns from his mistakes successful the archetypal fight.

"I deliberation Fury learnt what helium needs to bash adjacent clip due to the fact that helium didn't bash enough. He needs to bash a batch more. I similar him a spot heavier for his fights and not moving astir arsenic much," Lewis told the 5 Live Boxing with Steve Bunce podcast.

"He has to conquer his ain aforesaid first. He's been done these things earlier truthful I deliberation helium tin bash it due to the fact that helium knows what to do.

"He's been astatine lows earlier and astatine highs before. He's down present close now, helium knows however to get backmost up here. He conscionable needs to enactment successful the work."

Before 37-year-old Usyk defeated Fury, British combatant Lewis was the past antheral to go reigning undisputed heavyweight champion successful 1999.

The Briton defeated Evander Holyfield for the title, winning successful a rematch aft their gully earlier that year.

Lewis competed successful 3 cardinal rematches successful his career. He doubly came backmost to triumph aft losing a archetypal bout, erstwhile to Hasim Rahman successful 2001 and erstwhile to Oliver McCall, who bushed him successful 1994 earlier folding to decision successful 1997.

Now 59, Lewis says helium was driven by "revenge" successful those contests and says Fury volition beryllium going done the aforesaid happening aft the archetypal nonaccomplishment of his career.

"Every time I woke up grooming for this person, acceptable for this person, reasoning astir them the full day. I took it existent serious," Lewis said.

"Wake up each time to their picture. Stick it connected the wall. And beryllium reasoning astir them each the time. It’s a intelligence warfare you’re going successful against."